Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- MAPS -- A Note on Orthography -- 1. Local Politics in Uganda. A Background -- 2. State and Society in Pre-Colonial Nkore -- 3. Colonial Incorporation and Instruments of Control -- 4. Protest and Accommodation in Ankole Politics -- 5. Ethnicity and Kingship as Political Factors -- APPENDIX. Memorandum by the Elders of Ankole to the President, General Idi Amin Dada, on the Restoration of Kingdoms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index